23 million tuned into Super Bowl on the radio
Dial Global reports that 23.1 million people tuned in to hear the radio broadcast of Super Bowl XLVI on Sunday, 2/5 featuring the New...
Wells Fargo analysts preview radio earnings
Analysts from both the equity and debt side at Wells Fargo Securities have issued new commentary ahead of the Q4 earning reports from most...
Disney-Univision said to be eying English news channel
Univision Communications is already preparing to launch a news-focused Spanish cable channel this year, Univision Noticias. Now the Wall Street Journal reports that the...
WRKO extends Barry Armstrong's Business Show
Entercom’s News-Talker WRKO-AM Boston re-launched (2/6) its current business program – Lunch Money with Barry Armstrong. The new show, “The Financial Exchange,” will offer...
New analyst says SiriusXM stock is overpriced
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Sports radio host Scott Kaplan fired
Broadcast Company of America’s XEPRS-AM San Diego/Tijuana (XX 1090) morning driver Scott Kaplan has been fired after making disparaging comments about a female broadcaster for...
Phillies sign new deal with CBS Radio
The Philadelphia Phillies and CBS Radio’s Talker WPHT-AM and SportsRadio 94WIP (not the AM side on 610) announced a multi-year broadcast partnership for live...
Envision debuts Fantasy Sports 60
Envision Radio Networks new Fantasy Sports 60 is a daily fantasy sports update that keeps radio listeners on top of their game. This fast...
WMBI-AM launches Spanish-speaking Christian station
Moody Radio’s WMBI-AM 1110 launched the only fully operational Christian Spanish-speaking station in Chicago 2/6. With the tagline, "Compartiendo Esperanza. Siempre Contigo" (Sharing Hope....
WGN Radio holding Cubs song contest
Tribune’s WGN-AM Chicago says write the next great Chicago Cubs song and it could become the official WGN Radio Cubs song of the 2012...
Licensee eats fine in LMA situation
It’s OK to lease programming, sales and certain other functions of a broadcast station to a second party; however, the licensee is still on...
Preferred shareholders keeping pressure on Emmis
The original lock-up agreement by some big holders of Emmis Communications preferred stock had been scheduled to expire on January 31st – about a...
News International signs content deal with Global Radio
The UK’s largest commercial radio group Global Radio has teamed up with News Corp.'s News International in a multimedia “long-term partnership”. Starting 2/6, the...
WLS-AM Chicago hit with fine for improper ad content
News-Talker 890 WLS-AM Chicago, which came to Cumulus via its acquisition of Citadel, has just been hit with a substantial FCC fine for running material for which it received valuable consideration without revealing that this was the case
US representatives seek FCC hearing on FM chips in cell phones
A group of 16 Congressional Black Caucus members have fired off a letter to FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski suggesting that having an active FM...